Judge squashes lawsuit seeking to reverse Grand County’s marijuana taxes
A lawsuit seeking to reverse Grand County’s voter-approved 5% sales tax on retail marijuana has gone up in smoke. Grand County District Judge Mary Hoak dismissed David Michel’s lawsuit against the Grand County Board of...
Grand County marijuana sales top $400K in April
Grand County recorded $422,678 in recreational marijuana sales in April, a figure that greatly surpasses the same month last year but remains almost $300,000 behind the best month of this year. Monthly marijuana sales are...
Rocky Mountain Cannabis opening in Fraser offers expert budtenders, custom pot selection
A new dispensary opening in Fraser hopes to attract both new tokers and those who partake more frequently with its handpicked selection of marijuana products and expert budtenders. Rocky Mountain Cannabis, which is located at...
Taking the high road: County bucks statewide marijuana driving trend
An odor of marijuana, slowed reaction times, divided attention and muscle tremors are all things law enforcement officers look for when trying to determine if someone is driving under the influence of marijuana. While local...
CDOT seeks public input on new marijuana-impaired driving campaign
The Colorado Department of Transportation has launched an online survey in hopes of gathering public input on creative concepts and messaging for a new marijuana-impaired driving campaign. The survey, part of CDOT’s ongoing “Cannabis Conversation”...
Open late: Fraser approves extended hours for first marijuana dispensary
In the first utilization of Fraser’s recently changed marijuana ordinance, the town’s board of trustees approved extended hours for Silver Stem Fine Cannabis. Silver Stem, located in the Fraser Valley Shopping Center, requested the board...
Higher than ever: New study links strong weed to psychosis
If someone could time-travel back to a 1970s Woodstock festival and pass around a joint stuffed with top-shelf, Colorado-grown marijuana, the effects could shatter people’s reality. That’s because today’s marijuana strains, following a wave of...
Kremmling plans to put marijuana question on 2020 ballot
Marijuana will likely be on the ballot in Kremmling next year as town officials look to gauge public support for a possible repeal of the town’s existing ban on cannabis-based businesses. In January, Mark Wellstone,...
CBD gains popularity in Grand County as users tout benefits
Colorado is preparing to see heavy growth in the hemp industry this year, particularly in regards to one of the most popular hemp-derived products, CBD. CBD, short for cannabidiol, is a non-psychoactive compound found in...
Marijuana sales in county pass $5M
Retail marijuana sales keep growing in Colorado, with a record setting 2018, bringing tax dollars to communities across the state. Last week, the collective retail marijuana sales in the state surpassed the $6 billion mark,...
Does cannabis cost or pay? Study claims marijuana costs $4.50 for every $1 it generates
Coloradans spend $4.57 to mitigate marijuana’s effects for every tax dollar it generates, claims a recently released study. Colorado Christian University’s Centennial Institute scoured 2017 data to try to understand the economic and social costs of...
Legalizing marijuana doesn’t appear to have created a Colorado crime wave, according to state report
LAKEWOOD — Legal pot has not created a Colorado crime wave, but it’s still new, according to a state report released Friday, Oct. 26. The Colorado Division of Criminal Justice Office of Research and Statistics...
Colorado recreational marijuana sales boom in month of March
DENVER — Recreational marijuana sales in Colorado eclipsed $105 million in March 2018, the highest monthly total for adult-use sales in the program’s history. The record-breaking month is part of a broader, seasonal trend playing...
‘Bud and breakfast’ south of Parshall offers 420 friendly accommodations in Grand County
When Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012 it sparked a business boom and a — pun intended — budding tourism industry centered around the state’s unique legal regime. But as many out-of-state guests have found...
New marijuana regulations ban cannabis cartoon characters, with intent to protect kids
You know those Wile E. Coyote-looking marijuana edibles that popped up when Coloradans legalized pot? Marijuana remains legal, but reefer edibles shaped like humans, animals or fruit are not. New state regulations ban them. Also...
Four men arrested with 120 pounds of marijuana in Rifle, allegedly from a nearby mountain grow operation
A regional drug task force arrested four men found with about 120 pounds of marijuana on Wednesday in Rifle. A couple of the men said they were working at a grow site somewhere in the...
Weed Index: Wholesale pot prices at all-time low in Colorado
The lowest average wholesale marijuana price ever recorded by Cannabis Benchmarks came this year in Colorado, according to the market-research firm’s 2017 mid-year report. Cannabis Benchmarks has been tracking sales of the new commodity across...
State issues health advisory after testing marijuana from Steamboat business
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — A Steamboat Springs marijuana business owner is hopeful a second round of tests will prove he does not use a prohibited pesticide at his grow operations. On Friday, the Colorado Department of...
Vegas waiting to see how Denver’s social marijuana venues work out before trying them
LAS VEGAS — Officials with authority over the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday decided to wait until the city of Denver approves the nation’s first marijuana club before they further discuss licensing and regulating pot lounges...
New marijuana labeling, edible rules go into effect Oct. 1
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — New marijuana rules that go into effect Oct. 1 aim to keep marijuana products from getting into the hands of small children. “These regulations reflect extensive stakeholder input focused on public safety...
